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Year

The world in 1915

In 1915 the atlas holds 408 states standing across 6 regions. 87 things began that year - Armenian genocide, Proxima Centauri and The Metamorphosis among them - and 13 ended; 60 people were born and 30 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1910s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1915

By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.

States 2

Wars and battles 63

and 53 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 6

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 4

Works and ideas 9

What ended in 1915

States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.

States 4

Wars and battles 8

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1915 60

and 44 more in the atlas.

Died in 1915 30

and 14 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1915

The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.

Europe: 92 statesEurope92Middle East and North Africa: 47 statesMiddle East and North Africa47Sub-Saharan Africa: 26 statesSub-Saharan Africa26South Asia: 155 statesSouth Asia155East and Southeast Asia: 44 statesEast and Southeast Asia44Americas and Oceania: 36 statesAmericas and Oceania36Location unknown: 8 statesLocation unknown8

Europe92 states

and 82 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa47 states

and 37 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa26 states

and 16 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia155 states

and 145 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia44 states

and 34 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania36 states

and 26 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown8 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1890 – 1940: every state, war and life of 1915 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1915: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.